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• eBook-Kapitel aus dem Buch Global Management Challenges for Internal Auditors

  Company Culture is Worth the Cost

  Sergey Martynov

  …if it is not included in financial reports, and helps to generate value for a company: it should therefore be audited, just like all other company… …than those caused by unfair competition or mass- media hostility. First of all, it is important to understand that company culture is a distinctive… …guaranteeing success and in the effi- ciency of a business, for various reasons. Firstly, it results in increased employee loyalty towards the company. A… …salary increase. 2 Development of Company Culture While in some organisations company culture is created and grows spontaneously, in others it is… …beliefs, come from various different entities. In these situations it is extremely im- portant for the management to make an effort to rapidly develop a new… …can be positive, but the process of establishing a com- pany culture by example may take a long time. It is extremely important, however, for the… …in order for this to happen it must know how to satisfy the individual needs of its employees. The management must also know how to value its workers… …employees, who will cer- tainly not share or defend its values as a result. It is also extremely important to en- sure that there is a relationship between… …, and it is es- sential that each member of the team feels that he is sharing in the recognition for his work. The development of company culture is… …it: it is therefore a factor that should be taken into consideration by the internal audit, just like all other signifi- cant company processes…

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• eBook-Kapitel aus dem Buch Accounting Fraud

  Case 6: Bausch & Lomb (1994)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …with a strong position in the optical products and eye-care sector. It was a leading manu- facturer of contact lenses and sunglasses, and it had charmed… …contact lenses, which were marketed to be worn for short intervals of several days. Bausch & Lomb had entered the disposable lens market late because it… …had not wanted to cannibalize existing product lines, and it wished to continue to maximize its traditional SVS sales. Unfortunately, during 1993, it… …optical practitioners. In September 1993, the CLD concluded a particularly aggressive promotion campaign whereby it sold its distributors a large amount… …estimates indicated that it might take some dis- tributors up to two years to sell the SVS lenses that CLD management was expect- Accounting Fraud in U.S… …US- GAAP, with respect to revenue recognition. Under GAAP, revenue should not be recognized in company statements until it is realized and earned… …date. The accounting scandal led to the departure of several CLD executives, and it severely tested inves- Accounting Fraud in U.S. Companies 53… …After the scheme was discovered, company management replaced all Hong Kong personnel that it held responsible for the fraud. There was no evidence that…

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• eJournal-Artikel aus "Zeitschrift Interne Revision" Ausgabe 4/2010

  Trojaner ante Portas

  IT-Sicherheit auch in Krisenzeiten nicht vernachlässigen!
  

  Prof. Dr. habil. Günter Janke

  …wird häufig auch die IT nicht ausgenommen, ist diese doch oft ein beachtlicher Kostenfaktor. Aber die Vernachlässigung der IT-Sicherheit ist gerade in… …manchmal auch die Insolvenz. Im Folgenden soll (zumindest schlaglichtartig) aufgezeigt werden, durch welche Angriffsformen und -methoden die IT- Sicherheit… …, müssen diese insbesondere vor internetbasierten Angriffen vermittels IT geschützt werden. Forschungs- und Entwicklungsergebnisse, Technologie- und… …auch für das einzelne Unternehmen. Diese manifestiert sich vor allem darin, dass die rasante Entwicklung der IT, die Kommunikation, Interaktion und… …Sicherheitsleitlinie erarbeitet wird, die mindestens drei Aspekte beinhaltet 24 : Ermittlung des Schutzbedarfs insbesondere im IT- Bereich als zentraler… …Informationen existieren, deren Diebstahl unternehmensexistenzgefährdend sein könnte und zentrale Aufgaben ohne funktionierende IT nicht realisierbar sind… …Netzwerke genauso verboten ist, wie privates „Internet-Surfen“ am Arbeitsplatz. Zugangsberechtigungen sowohl zum Unternehmen als auch zum IT- Netzwerk (von…

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• eBook-Kapitel aus dem Buch Accounting Fraud

  Case 19: Adelphia Communications (2002)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …prosecutions in U.S. history. The SEC called it “one of the most extensive financial frauds ever to take place at a public company”. However, the thing that… …of all the cases. It should become a show-and-tell in all busi- ness schools as the antithesis of public company management and stewardship.” In… …March 27, 2002, when it disclosed that the Rigas family had borrowed USD 2.3 billion from banks through various family-owned partnerships, using… …was already too deeply in debt. Barraged with questions, the company stated that it reviewed its accounting and would not meet the deadline for filing… …series of sham transactions (backed by fictitious documents) to give the false impression that it had actually repaid debts when, in truth, it had simply… …shifted them to off-balance sheet affiliates. Furthermore, it cre- ated misleading financial statements by giving the false appearance (through the use of… …footnotes) that the listed liabilities included all outstanding bank debt. Because Adelphia massively understated its liabilities, it falsely represented in… …public filings that it was complying with financial covenants and related financial ratio require- ments, when it was not. Misrepresentations… …secretly inflated its basic cable subscription numbers to make inves- tors think it was still growing at a healthy pace and expanding its customer base. For… …plant that had been “rebuilt” or made “two-way capable”, in order to convey the false impression that it had modernized its network. For Adelphia…

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• eBook-Kapitel aus dem Buch IT-Unterstützung für Interne Revision und Wirtschaftsprüfung

  Ausblick

  Dr. Heinrich Schmelter

  …unvollständigen Kenntnisse der IT bzw. ihrer Potenziale bei Revisoren und IR-/WP-Leitern. In den IR weitgehend üblich ist inzwischen der fallweise Einsatz von… …einge- setzt werden können. – Hinsichtlich des in diesem Buch propagierten Einsatzes von IT- Standardanwendungen können die jeweiligen IR-Abteilungen und… …systematischen IT-Anwendung in IR und WP muss deren Ein- satz aber insbesondere von den IT- und WP-Leitern umfassend eingefordert und massiv unterstützt werden… …ternettechnologie zu nennen: Über das Internet ist es möglich, auf Daten und IT- Anwendungen auch von IR und WP weltweit von jedem Ort aus zuzugreifen. Bei der… …systematischen IT-Anwendung in IR und WP muss der IT- Einsatz aber insbesondere von den IT- und WP-Leitern umfassend eingefor- dert und massiv unterstützt werden…

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• eJournal-Artikel aus "Zeitschrift Interne Revision" Ausgabe 6/2010

  Der Einsatz von Feedback-Fragebögen in der Internen Revision

  Erfahrungen eines Revisionsleiters
  

  Hans-Ulrich Westhausen

  …Revision Informationstechnologie Beratung Prüfung Training Fon +49 2133 217 266 Mobil +49 151 15 53 60 09…
• eJournal-Artikel aus "Zeitschrift Interne Revision" Ausgabe 1/2010

  Das „Katalogsystem“ – Strukturierung der Prüffelder im Projektsteuerungssystem (Portfolio-, Programm- und Projektmanagement sowie deren Methoden und Standards)

  Bestimmung der Prüfungsinhalte im Projektsteuerungssystem durch eine an systematischen Ordnungskriterien ausgerichtete Auswahl der Prüffelder
  

  Diplomkaufmann Robert Düsterwald

  …. nimmt das PCO auch noch weitere Funktionen wie das Setzen von IT Qualitätsstandards war. Diese zählen dann allerdings begrifflich nicht zur Prüfung des…
• eBook-Kapitel aus dem Buch Accounting Fraud

  Chapter 4: Conclusion and Outlook

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …, relatively infrequent in occurrence), and it must be shocking (that is, counter to our norms and values). Wilson argued that the public pays little attention… …sible for fighting fraud, one inevitable reality remains: “fraud happens”. It is a given that economic crime will always be with us. Eliminating fraud is… …a super- human task. However, a review of the scandals shows that in most of the cases, it is basically the same common pattern. A company faced… …. Often it starts as a one-shot deal to meet short term fi- nancial expectations. But it escalates to ongoing fraudulent activity until, with some… …accounting fraud can be summarized as follows (see Young 2004, pp. 11–13): 1. It generally doesn’t origin from conscious dishonesty. It doesn’t start… …because the CEO is dishonest, or because the CFO is dishonest. It also doesn’t start because the company had the misfortune of hiring a group of dishonest… …employees in its accounting department. 2. It origins from pressure. In particular, it starts with an environment in which two things are present… …: challenging targets of financial performance, and the perception that missing these targets will be viewed as unforgivable. 3. It starts out small. The… …fraud starts with little alterations of results (typically in the form of borrowing from future quarters). It doesn’t start with a grand plan or… …conspiracy. Often, the one or two perpetrators don’t even realize that they are stepping over the line and might be violating accounting standards. 4. It…

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• eBook-Kapitel aus dem Buch Global Management Challenges for Internal Auditors

  The Financial Sector: Risks, Controls and Assurance after the Financial Crisis

  Daniel Nelson

  …the US, Euro-area, Japan, and the UK – grew up to USD 4.1 trillion or 7 percent on a total stock of USD 57.7 trillion. How was it possible to fall… …countries being represented by their respec- tive heads of state or government. It had never done that before the financial crisis, when only ministers and… …capital for its operations as would have been the case with a lower credit rating. On September 16, 2008 AIG lost its AA- rating (it had already lost… …internal audit. 4 Lessons for Internal Auditors First of all it has been reported that internal audit did not have sufficient or adequate access to… …area in an entity. Nelson 96 It has also been reported that enterprise risk management (ERM) and the finance complex did not have adequate… …funds we can all assume that those resources will be closely scrutinized, particularly in the public media. I submit as discussed earlier that it is… …of the factors contributing to this financial cri- sis. It would be interesting for internal audit to review whether the organization’s compensation… …policies and model are indeed appropriately tailored to its business model or whether it is a risk in itself.…

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• eBook-Kapitel aus dem Buch Accounting Fraud

  Case 31: Bankgesellschaft Berlin (Germany, 2001)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …Accounting Fraud in European Companies 186 Case 31: Bankgesellschaft Berlin (Germany, 2001) It is a spectacular tale of incompetence… …bank insolvency), this time it did not involve any elite private bank, but the most powerful banking house in the German capital. The crisis ex- posed… …. While Berlin’s city-state government owned the majority of BGB’s shares, the new institution was also publicly listed. That made it an unusual hybrid in… …the German banking system. Moreover, the way BGB was structured and managed left it vulnerable to weak controls and conflicts of interest. Its complex… …mix of businesses made it difficult for the supervisory board of the parent institution to maintain control and insist on clear risk reporting from… …Aubis and agreed on the credit line without the usual collat- erals and checks. However, Aubis failed as it saw itself unable to rent out the refur-… …were not just businessmen, but old CDU colleagues who had sat alongside him in parliament for many years. Then it came to light that Landowsky had… …, BGB quickly became one of the leading players in the Euro- pean real estate investment fund market. However, it was buying market share by assuming… …admitted it could not complete its 2000 accounts because of the ongoing investiga- tion and deep uncertainties about the potential risk in the… …property-linked portfolio. When BGB belatedly reported its official figures for 2000 in July 2001, it had to reveal a startling EUR 1.65 billion loss. It also…

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